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362Part IIIChoosing and Installing a Linux DistributionWeb Server (HTTP, HTTPS).Allows your system to serve regular (HTTP) Web pages or encrypted (HTTPS) Web pages. Unless you need to run aWeb server, it is recommended that you do not check this. File Transfer (FTP).Allows users to interactively log in to your systemand transfer files. This protocol is unencrypted and not needed by mostusers. If you must allow file transfers, SFTP (provided with SSH) is thepreferred method because the password and username are sent encrypted. Mail Server (SMTP).Allows your system to accept mail requests or mailrelay requests. You can still send and receive mail if you do not checkthis; it just allows your machine to act as a mail server. If you install andimproperly configure SMTP, your system can become a spam relay, soonly more experienced users should check this. These settings can be reconfigured later using iptables. See the man page foriptables for more information. 11.If you need additional language support, select it here. Your default language(chosen during install language selection) should already be selected. ClickNext to continue. 12.Select the time zone in which you reside or the time zone you want to use foryour server. If your hardware uses UTC (Greenwich Mean Time GMT), selectthe check box at the bottom. Click next to continue. 13.Set your root password. This password provides the keys to the kingdom; with the root account, a user can do anything, including destroy the entire filesystem. You must set to a strong password (not any personally identifiableinformation such as identification number, phone number, pet s name, familymember s birthday, etc.). Enter your password twice (to ensure it is the same), and then press Enter. The importance of a good root or any other account password should not be min- imized. This is crucially important to the security of your system. See http:// securityfocus.com/infocus/1537for more information on choosing goodpasswords. 14.Select the different packages you want to install on the system. ChooseEverything (for all software packages) or Minimal (only the basics to run thesystem). Selecting the package groups enables you to see the individual pack- ages included in each group (you can select or deselect from that list for moregranularity). Note that KDE is chosen by default; if you prefer to use GNOMEor want to use both, check GNOME. When you re finished, click Next. Red Hat Fedora Linux 3 Bibleincludes descriptions of the software included witheach of the packages for Fedora Core Linux. The packages described in AppendixB of that book are similar to Yellow Dog Linux selections because Yellow Dog isbased on the Fedora Core distribution. That entire book can also be used as a ref- erence guide to Yellow Dog Linux. NoteCautionNote19_